ReadersMagnet Review | Peeking Through the Pearlies by Brenda Wilson

“Beautifully written! A great, fast read, that
will make you want to be a believer!” – Lori R. Moots-Clair

“Compile in these pages are true stories
penned by an author who always remembered when God touched her heart. These are
the short storied you will never forget.” – Foreword by Bud Wilson.

Peeking through
the Pearlies is a book written by Brenda Wilson. Published in 2017, it is a
collection of 10 short stories. Each story is unique in the sense that each is
a recollection a specific miraculous day in her life and each with a specific
lesson. Peeking through the Pearlies hopes readers to look past everyday
situations and see miracles happening in these seemingly ordinary moments.

At home with the Pearlies

Brenda Wilson wrote Peeking through the Pearliesa year before her other book, Do You See What I See? (2019) was published. These are both compilations of brief inspiring stories. Each story featured in Peeking through the Pearlies has a 400-500 word count, with the exception of Out of the Mouths of Bug (the story has the longest word count- 1,857 words). All real-life stories in Peeking were written in the first-person perspective. While her other work featured various outdoor locations such as Mexico, vacation trips outside Missouri and the rest of the Midwest, Peeking features a more intimate setting- the Wilson home. Mrs. Wilson takes us through various times in her past and starting each story with a climate description or detailing a particular season for that day. So despite writing only 10 stories, it makes up for a journey.

The author
is a consistent storyteller. Brenda Wilson writes each story in surprise
details. Few self-published authors can deliver an inspiring story with such
brevity and vividness. All stories featured in Peeking through the Pearlies are written in a very orderly and
sequenced manner. Each paragraph is bereft of nuances and unnecessary segues.
In short, each line is concise and contributed to the making of a pleasant
narrative.

However,
Mrs. Brenda Wilson’s anthology is not without a few issues. Despite the
beautifully crafted stories, the collection is rather short. While we desire a
light read and avoid inspirational works that require readers to from their
emotional repositories, we expected Peeking
through Pearlies to be made up of more than 10 short narratives. The last
story- Hole in My Head, Lump in My Breast somehow left us hanging. Despite the
inspiration and warmth that it brings, I believe Peeking through the Pearlies is yet to come full circle.

Overall,
Peeking through the Pearlies’ collection of short stories by author Brenda
Wilson is a brief but beautiful read. Its beauty lies in its simplicity and
brevity. There is lesson at the end of each story and at the end of the book is
an appreciation of life and it every day miracles. ReadersMagnet Reviews
happily recommends this book.